Lens for headlights.



T T. SEAL.

LENS FOR HEADHGHTS.

APFLICATHNI mu muse, 1911.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

H D T N E V .m

ATTDHNE'Y.

body and designed monoaa r. seat, or returns, vomo.

LENQ FOB HEADLIGHTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tunbooan T. SEAL, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Bellaire, county of Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lenses for Headlights, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates broadly to headlight lenses, and more particularly to a glass or lens for theheadlights of automobiles and like vehicles.

The primary object of the invention is to rovide a glass or lens capable of interceptmg and modifying oertam' light rays emanatin from the lamp or light source of a headlight in such a" manner as to effectually eliminate the objectionable dazzling brilliancy or lare which is commonto head- {lights equipped with the usual plain glass enses.

A further object is to rovide a device of the character mention whereby the intensity of the projected ra sis effectively,

subdud to the'extent that t eglare is obviated without unduly decreasin the roadilluminating efiicien of the hen light.

With these and 0t or objects in view, the invention resides in the features of construction which will hereinafter be fully described, reference bein had to the accompalr ying drawings, in w ich- 15118 1 is a central section of an automob' e headlight equipped with my inven tion, and i F1 2 is a front elevation of the invention.

to said drawings, 1 indicates enerally t e body of an automobile headht and 2 the lamp of such headlight. hfiiunted in said headlight in the usual mannor is the lens which constitutes the present invention, the same comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body 3 of circular form and an integral rearwardly-directed hollow cone 4 of truncated form disposed in encircling relation to the aperture of said tobe closely approached by the lamp 2, as shown in Fig. 1, The inner surface of said cone is provided with a coating 5 of silver or other suitable lightreflecting material which is designed to intercept and reflect at a difl'erent an 1e those rays of light reflected by the re ector 6 which tend to produce the glare.

Coincident with the outer end of the cone 4 is an integral forward extension 7 of cylin- Re errin Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug 28, 1917.

Application filed January eaten. Serial in. 145,440.

as by means of a seating ring i of spring steel, is designed to intercept and subdue those direct rays of light emanating from the lamp 2 which would otherwise tend to dazzle theeyes of one within direct range.

The upper portion of the main body portion 2 is preferably rendered translucent by frosting, as shown at 11, for softening or subduing those objectionable glareproduc ing rays reflected from theupper portion of the headlight which are not modified by the parts of the device hereinhefore described. While the construction described results in reducing to some extent the volume of light transmitted, this is not readily ap arent to the driver of. a car equipped wit the invention, for the reason that, whereas, under the untempered projected rays of an ordinary head-light, ob ects or-incqmilities in the roadway appear exaggerated oh'cause such shadows as to produce, cor. nlSlOIl concoming, their-nature and extem, these-juegualitles are rendered more readily distinguishable and less deceptive under the subued light transmitted through the lens herein described. In other words, while my device does decrease to some extent the quantity of transmitted light, the illumination is not appreciably inferior to that of headlights equipped with plain lass lenses.

It wil be noted that the orm of the main body 3 with the integral cone 4 and extenmember mounted in closmg relation to said aperture.

2. A headlight lens comprising a centrally apertured late-like glass body, a hollow truncated lightoeflecting cone encircling the aperture of said body and extending rearward therefrom, a forwardly directed extension formed integral with said body rearward therefrom, and a light-subduing and disposed in encircling relation to said aperture, and a translucent member mounted within said extension.

3. A headlight lens comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body, an integral rearwardly-extending hollow truncated cone carried by said body in encircling relation to fea' erture of the latter, said cone being co te .to rovide a light-reflecting surface, and a lig t-subduing medium disposed in closing relation to said aperture.

4. headlight lens comprisin a centrally apertured late-like glass-b0 y, a hol low truncated lig t-reflecting mne encircling the aperture of said body and extending medium disposed in closing relation to said a rture.

5. A headlight lens comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body, a hollow truncated l1ght-reflectmg cone encircling the aperture of said body and extending rearward therefrom, a forwardly directed extension formed integral with said body and disposed in encirclin relation to said aperture, and-a light-sub uing medium mounted within said extension.

6. A headlight lens comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body, an integral rearwardly=extending hollow truncated cone carried by said body in encircling relation to the aperture of the latter, said cone being silver-ed interiorl and a light-subduing medium removab y mounted in closing relation to said aperture.

7. A headlight lens comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body, a hollow ma -14a rearwardly-extending hollow truncated cone carried by vsaid body in encircling relation to the aperture of the latter, said cone being sllvered mteriorly, and a translucent glass plate mounted within the embrace of said extension.

9. Aheadlight lens comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body, an integral rearwardly-extending hollow truncated cone carried by said body in encircling relation to the aperture of the latter, said cone being coated to provide a light-reflecting surface, and a translucent glass plate disposed in closing relation to said aperture.

10. A headlight lens comprising a centrally apertured plate-like glass body havin a translucent upper portion, an integral ho low light-reflecting cone of truncated form located in encircling relation to the aperture of said body and extending rearward therefrom, and a light-subduing plate dis used in closing relation to said aperture.

I ii testimon whereof, I aflix my signature in presence 0 two subscribin witnesses.

THEODOR T. SEAL.

Witnesses:

H. E. Donner,

W. F. Knnrnn. 

